Hair-waving appliance



Sept. 30,1930, 0, J ELAM 1,776,968

HAIR WAVING APPLIANCE Filed March 10, 1930" vOsman? g]: Harm,

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Patented Sept. 30, 1930 V UNITED STATES OSCAR zr. ELAM, orivrusxngoivgiir cmein HAIn-wAvING arrt-IANcE i I Application filed March10, i530, "sen i nf 434, 10.1

This invention relates to a new and improved appliance for use inpermanent .hair' wavlng, wherein a tress of hair is coiled about a rodand coveredwith absorbent material impregnated with a hair treatingsolution,

the whole being enclosed in a protecting tube adapted to be inserted inthe cylindrical bore of an electric heater.

It is a commonpractice to employ a metal foil or pasteboard protectingtube and to contract or crimp the inner end of said tube about the tressof hair, whereby the heated gases and steam are confined and preventedfrom passing through the inner or lower end of the tube and against thescalp. These tubes are of a temporary nature and are destroyed afteronce being used, thus incurring considerable expense. Moreover, themethod of closing or sealing theinner or lower ends of these tubes aboutthe tress of hair is not reliable or convenient.

The primary object of the present invention is to overcome the aboveobjections by providing an appliance including a vented rigid metal tubewhich may be repeatedly used, and means for readily and effectivelyclosing the inner or lower end of said tube and for shielding the scalpfrom heated gases and steam.

A further object is to provide an appliance of the above kind which issimple in construction and capable of ready application to or removalfrom a tress of hair.

The invention consists in the novel form and combination of partshereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawing, andclaimed.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of the present appliance inuse.

Figure 2 is a transverse section on line 22 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a plan View of the tube closure and scalp shield in opencondition; and

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the tube.

Referring more in detail to the drawing, 5 indicates a tress of hairwhich is coiled about a rod 6 in the usual way, the whole being enclosedin a protecting tube 7 whose inner'end is closed about the trees of hairadjacent the about the tress of hair.

b mass era hield ST; .anij which 9 1 l is" p'ted't'o'be insertedin thecylindrical bo n electric heatertshownfby dotted.

w h rr sntinv iit on, v, i .r d and.form rief u a e meta such asaluminum, the outer :orjupper enfd pdrtion 7 'of the tiibe being j oiconical are and .p vid d ti h i l axia i restri t d ermine o rent 8E LQri i 'hel s ape of ex steam or heated gases. "Theinnler, orflower a dof .thetu e:-7 s t l ly pe r s i edge nolled outwardlyto provide anexternal annularbead QYfu'rth'er restricted openings or vents 10 beingprovided in the sides of the tube adjacent its inner or lower end forthe escape of excess steam or heated gases.

The inner or lower end of the tube 7 may be readily closed about thetress of hair by means of the shield S which consists of a pair ofsimilar arcuate sections 11 and 12 pivotally and frictionally securedtogether at adjacent ends and in overlapped relation by a rivet 13, saidsections being formed of fibre or other heat insulating material. Whenthe shield sections are opened, they can be readily applied around orremoved from the tress of hair adjacent the scalp, and they can beclosed around the tress of hair as shown in'Figures 1 and 2 to protectthe scalp from the heater H- and the heated gases and steam escapingfrom the openings 10.

"Means is provided for connecting the shield -S to the lower or innerend of the 35 tube 7 so that such end of the tube will be maintainedclosed against the escape of heated gases and steam during the hairwaving operation, when the shield sections are closed This meansconsists of metal plates 14 and 15 riveted on the respective shieldsections 11 and 12 centrally of their inner edge portions and havingupwardly or outwardly projecting hooks 16 and 17 adapted to engage overthe bead 9 on the 95 inner end of the tube 7, when the shield sectionsare closed. By applying the shield close to the scalp and thusconnecting the tube 7 thereto, the heater H- will be held outright fromthe scalp.

From the above description, it will be seen that I have provided anappliance which may be readily and repeatedly:v used with uniform andefiicient results, and which is quite simple in construction as well asinexpensive to use.

Minor changes may be made without departing from the spirit and scope ofthe invention as claimed.

What I claim as new is:

A permanent hair waving appliance comprising, in combination, a rigidcylindrical metal tube adapted to be inserted in the bore of a heaterand having restricted vents respectively in its outer end and in itssides adjacent. its inner end, the inner end of the tube being fullyopen and formed with an annular external bead, and a shield consistingof a pair of similar arcuate sections formed of heat insulating materialand having adjacent ends overlapped and frictionally pivoted together,and hooks carried by said sections so as to engage over the bead of thetube for connecting the shield to said tube in closing relation to theinner end of the latter when the shield sections are closed about atress of hair.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

OSCAR J. ELAM.

